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Christmas KITH?


Jeremy Blohm

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I might be able to participate, depends on the theme.

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depending on the theme i might give it a go .....so Christmas kith do we make it in secret till the other person receives it and they post it?

Brandon Sawisch bladesmith

 

eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked in to jet engines

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I'f time allows, I'll go again.  Good excuse to get out to the shop...    We should make elvish blades!  or candy stripe damascus?

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Small seax sounds good .......  especially given the fact there’s only 3 months!! 

I think it would be somewhat challenging to keep proportions depending on the restrictions. (George Ezell makes the best proportioned seax’s (IMHO), and who I go to for inspiration on these). I have done a small seax (hunting knife size) 8-10 years ago and took a lot shaping to get it right.

Gary LT

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I'll know within the next 21 day whether I'm employed full time again.....in which case I won't have time......or I'll be unemployed and have all the time in the world :ph34r:

I have a little Seax I can throw in the hat, it didn't sell which disgusts me because it is my favourite of 6 little knives I made in a batch....just over a year ago.

If I have time I'd make something very similar just from 52100 instead of 1095.

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2 hours ago, Adam Weller said:

I think I'd be willing to get in on this, carved handle/seaxy thing... Just bummed I don't have pattern welding in my arsenal.

Most were either all wrought or some form of San mai or multibar. I dont know if they even had any p-welded examples in history. Some were inlaid with precious metal... But since we're talking dwarves and elves!...

I know it's not in KITH tradition, but if you guys want; those who aren't equipt to patternweld; I might consider welding together a patterned bar, cutting it into rectangular sections of bar, and just charging shipping. I have some 1080 and wrought I can use. I'd be willing to do a san mai of steel clad in wrought. Again, that may not fit the kith spirit. Just a thought. 

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8 minutes ago, Zeb Camper said:

I dont know if they even had any p-welded examples in history.

 

Haha, I guess I'm not sure what "period correct" Dwarven/elvish knives look like! I guess if anything I would loosly associate "Seax" with dwarven knives more than elvish. 

And suddenly I feel like I just became a LOTR nerd... 

I really just thought a pattern welded blade would look cool with a carved handle :D

 

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1 hour ago, Adam Weller said:

 

Haha, I guess I'm not sure what "period correct" Dwarven/elvish knives look like! I guess if anything I would loosly associate "Seax" with dwarven knives more than elvish. 

And suddenly I feel like I just became a LOTR nerd... 

I really just thought a pattern welded blade would look cool with a carved handle :D

 

Oh, I agree! I fear you may not have read my whole reply. I like fantasy as much as the next guy (especially Tolkien). 

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I’ll be out for Christmas kith, Definitely not equipped to do any pattern welding or carving in handles. There will be a day when I can actually forge a knife, be able to pattern-weld and make seax knives, but today is not that day! :lol:

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1 hour ago, Conner Michaux said:

I’ll be out for Christmas kith, Definitely not equipped to do any pattern welding or carving in handles. There will be a day when I can actually forge a knife, be able to pattern-weld and make seax knives, but today is not that day! :lol:

 

Given the fairly broad definition of “fantaseax” or lack thereof - I’m guessing you could figure out something :P

I can’t pattern weld, and I’ve never actually carved a handle, that’s kinda what a KITH is for!

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